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Why did Ron Paul do so well in a GOP straw poll over the weekend? Simple, he said on Today this morning: He’s popular with all those who are tired of the “endless, undeclared, unwinnable wars dumped on the young people" and the rising US national debt. "That's why the current young people ... they're with me, because they're getting dumped on." The 75-year-old Texas congressman, who garnered 612 votes to second-place Jon Huntsman’s 382, added that the US "shouldn't be warmongers. We shouldn't be the policemen of the world."

and yet the media declares Romney the front runner...and the retards buy it. keep saying it over and over on every channel, and the sheeple just re-chant the mantra. pathetic. and nobody catches on to how it works. Media wants Romney cuz they know he'll be Obama's fall guy. Just like they picked Kerry to be Bush's fall guy. the only "Republican" that stands a chance in a fair election (if it even exists) is Ron Paul.

Snowleopard

Jun 20, 2011 9:30 PM CDT

ending the endless wars sounds good. getting rid of meat and drilling rig inspectors, not so much. He should also publicly acknowledge that he wants to phase out social security, foodstamps, unemployment insurance, and medicare, since any government social programs like that are completely antithetical to libertarianism.